The Journal of Jurisprudence, 10. köideT.T. Clark, 1866 |
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... railway companies with compulsory powers of purchase . We cannot go the length of those who say , ' If a man embarked in trade accepts a bill to pay six months hence , there is as clearly as possible a tacit understanding that he only ...
... railway companies with compulsory powers of purchase . We cannot go the length of those who say , ' If a man embarked in trade accepts a bill to pay six months hence , there is as clearly as possible a tacit understanding that he only ...
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... distance but by time , and a judge is much nearer the doors of a litigant if separated by twenty miles of railway than by ten of road . The Act of 16 & 17 Vic . , cap . 92 , which amalgamated certain SHERIFF - COURT REFORM . 33.
... distance but by time , and a judge is much nearer the doors of a litigant if separated by twenty miles of railway than by ten of road . The Act of 16 & 17 Vic . , cap . 92 , which amalgamated certain SHERIFF - COURT REFORM . 33.
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... railway communication have even since the date of that act increased so much that we can easily see how the number of these officials might be still farther diminished without in the least impairing the principle of the double Sheriff ...
... railway communication have even since the date of that act increased so much that we can easily see how the number of these officials might be still farther diminished without in the least impairing the principle of the double Sheriff ...
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... railway is so very moderate , that it would cost less probably now to bring a criminal from Falkirk by rail to Stirling , or from Nairn to Elgin , than before the days of railways , to convey him to the county town by gig or carriage ...
... railway is so very moderate , that it would cost less probably now to bring a criminal from Falkirk by rail to Stirling , or from Nairn to Elgin , than before the days of railways , to convey him to the county town by gig or carriage ...
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... Railways and Canals . The case was argued before seven judges , there having been a division of opinion in the Second Division , and the judgment was reached by a majority of one . The case of Bailie v . Hay is perhaps a still more ...
... Railways and Canals . The case was argued before seven judges , there having been a division of opinion in the Second Division , and the judgment was reached by a majority of one . The case of Bailie v . Hay is perhaps a still more ...
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Page 50 - An Act to facilitate the Performance of the Duties of Justices of the Peace out of Sessions within England and Wales with respect to summary Convictions and Orders, or any Act amending the same".
Page 78 - That is found wandering and not having any home or settled place of abode, or proper guardianship, or visible means of subsistence.
Page 180 - Commutation Rent-charge, if any, and deducting therefrom the probable average annual cost of the repairs, insurance, and other expenses, if any, necessary to maintain them in a state to command such Rent...
Page 71 - means the Act of the session of the eleventh and twelfth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter forty-three, intituled " An Act to facilitate the performance of the duties of justices of the peace out of sessions within England and Wales, with respect to summary convictions and orders...
Page 44 - For fixing and from time to time varying the number of persons who may occupy a house or part of a house which is let in lodgings or occupied by members of more than one family...
Page 38 - With respect to such land, for the purposes of this act, the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, or one of them...
Page 49 - ... performance, and amounting to a sum specified in the order, together with the costs of the proceedings, shall be paid by the authority in default ; and any order made for the payment of such expenses and costs may be removed into the Court of Queen's Bench, and be enforced in the same manner as if the same were an order of such court.
Page 41 - Questions arising at any meeting shall be determined by a majority of votes of the members present ; and in case of an equality of votes the chairman shall have a second or casting vote.
Page 203 - We think that the true rule of law is that the person who, for his own purposes, brings on his land and collects and keeps there anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at his peril ; and if he does not do so, is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape.
Page 203 - God; but as nothing of this sort exists here, it is unnecessary to inquire what excuse would be sufficient. The general rule, as above stated, seems on principle just. The person whose grass or corn is eaten down by the escaping cattle of his...